Ted Deutch: “I will speak to this bill in just a couple of seconds, but I want to pause, if I may, just to reflect on the Committee…”

“I will speak to this bill in just a couple of seconds, but I want to pause, if I may, just to reflect on the Committee on Foreign Affairs bills that are on the floor today and what they say about the chairman of our committee, Mr. Engel. Mr. Engel, for more than three decades in the United States House of Representatives, has led with American values representing human rights, standing with our allies, and standing up against autocrats all around the world. And since I don't know, because of the pandemic, how much floor time we will have in the coming days and weeks, I wanted to take this moment to express on behalf of not only myself but I know so so many of his colleagues and friends around the country our deep appreciation for his leadership for all these years. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased today that we are considering the Libya Stabilization Act, a bipartisan bill that I introduced with my colleague, Middle East Subcommittee Ranking Member Joe Wilson. As Mr. Yoho said, since we advanced this legislation out of committee in July, Libya experienced a cease-fire and a burst of diplomacy that I hope will bring increased security and, eventually, peace to all Libyans. The most recent round of U.N.-led talks yielded an agreement to hold ``free and fair, inclusive and credible'' Presidential and parliamentary elections next year.…”